February 26, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – A senior Saudi Arabian official unleashed a barrage of attacks against Ethiopia saying that the Horn of Africa nation is posing a threat to the Nile water rights of Egypt and Sudan.

Saudi deputy defence minister Khalid Bin Sultan (Al-Riyadh)

"The [Grand] Renaissance dam has its capacity of flood waters reaching more than 70 billion cubic meters of water, and is located at an altitude of 700 meters and if it collapsed then Khartoum will drown completely and the impact will even reach the Aswan Dam," the Saudi deputy defense minister Khalid Bin Sultan said at the meetings of the Arab Water Council in Cairo.

"Egypt is the most affected party from the Ethiopian Renaissance dam because they have no alternative water source compared to other Nile Basin countries and the establishment of the dam 12 kilometers from the Sudanese border is for political plotting rather than for economic gain and constitutes a threat to Egyptian and Sudanese national security "the Saudi official said.

The massive $4.8 billion dam is under construction and is scheduled for completion in 2015. It lies close to Sudan’s eastern borders and has a power generating capacity of 6,000MW and when completed it will enable Ethiopia to export more power to its neighbours.

Egypt fears that the Nile dam will reduce the flow of the river’s waters further downstream and Addis Ababa has long complained that Cairo was pressuring donor countries and international lenders to withhold funding.

An international panel of experts is set to announce its findings on the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile’s flow in May 2013.

The Saudi deputy defense minister went further saying that Ethiopia is keen on harming Arab nations.

"There are fingers messing with water resources of Sudan and Egypt which are rooted in the mind and body of Ethiopia. They do not forsake an opportunity to harm Arabs without taking advantage of it", Prince Khalid said.

"The establishment of the dam leads to the transfer of water supply from the front of Lake Nasser to the Ethiopian plateau, which means full Ethiopian control of every drop of water, as well as [causing] an environmental imbalance stirring seismic activity in the region as a result of the massive water weight laden with silt withheld in front of the dam, estimated by experts at more than 63 billion tonnes," he added.

The Saudi official added that Nile basin countries calling for reallocating Nile water shares is a "real threat" to Egypt’s future.

"The information is alarming and it is important that we do not underestimate the danger at the moment and its repercussions in the future," he said.

It is unusual for Saudi officials who are known for being composed to make such damning criticism of other countries. It is not clear whether today’s remarks indicates hidden tensions with Ethiopia.

Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with Ethiopia, signed an agreement to overturn British-colonial-era agreements dating back to 1929.

These gave Egypt and Sudan 90 percent of the Nile’s water flow and the power of veto over dam-building, even though 85 percent of the river’s water flows from the Ethiopian highlands.

Ethiopia and the upstream states contend they need more water because of burgeoning populations, industrialisation and agricultural projects.

Water needs are expected to rise as the Nile basin population is projected to reach 654 million by 2030, up from 372 million in 2005, according to UN estimates.

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27 February 2013 07:03, by Michael Angelo

I used to pay rent when I lived in Egypt. Egypt has to pay for water because Nile is not her. South Sudan has to build their own Dam for agriculture and electricity.

The skirt wearing fat Saudis are worried that Ethiopia and East Africans are about to take off as the Economic power house of the region and the fat saudie thought he can derail the Economic take off of the region if there is a war with Ethiopia.

Saudis have 28% of the hydrocarbons (oil & gas) reserves of the world; moreover many many Ethiopians are working there.
PLS THINK before you jump!
When I was in Europe my real supporters were Ethiopians. You better understand that all east Africa was Ethiopia that means we are one big united family

It is very simple. Ethiopians are peace loving people and will do anything to avoid war. But history teaches us that no one has ever managed to defeat Ethiopia and those who are looking for war should carefully consider their options. Ethiopia has a legitimate right to build a dam in its territory and is considerate enough to say we will only use it for electricity production only, so the water fl

so the water flow will not decrease to the downstream countries. Ethiopia could have easily said we will use the water for irrigation as we are not self-sufficient in food production so we have a legitimate right to do so. However Ethiopia didn’t say that as it knows fairness is the only way that will benefit everyone. But if these offer isn’t acceptable what else can Ethiopia do except fight for

fight for its survival using all means at its disposal. By the way Ethiopia is funding the dam using its own finances just to show everyone that the dam is fully owned by Ethiopians because our survival depends on it. These dam will be a geopolitical mine bomb if the downstream countries believe they are the only owners of the Nile, because they shouldn’t forget who is the upstream countries who c

South Sudan should start building its own Dams to produce electricity and contain floods in most parts of the region... Egyptians got their god called Anu, this Anu got sacrifices so that he can give them more water, but we said we have no problem, we will continue to give more water but use the water as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

ROBOT
I COULDNT AGREE MORE. THE FALLS AT NIMULE AND KIT ARE VERY GREAT FOR SS TO START HYDRO DAM TO ELECTRIFY THE ENTIRE SOUTH AND EXPORT SOME ELETRIC POWER TO OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA. WE CANNOT LET SUDAN AND EGYPT LIVE AT OUR EXPENSE. IT IS INSANE AND LUDUCROUSE.
WHAT MAKES SAUDI THINK ARAB LIFE IS BETTER THAN AFRICAN?

Haraamy, how about taking your Libirrique and go and asumed that you wash your hand, but you just shuffed that finger in your ass; then come back and eat with it. That’s the reason why you are called pooplicker.

ya Khara!
we wash ourselves with water, go to wash our hands with water and soap and when they are clean, we eat in peace.
you people shower under ’’Urine’’ , put your ’’tongue’’ deep inside a cows ass and walk of naked in the bushes!
check yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tRzM2tZFng
now hopefully one day you will be clean :) btw do you know what clean is? lol

i wonder where you get the mentality to speak about rich culture when you stimulate a cows sexual organs, i wonder why you speak about dirt when you shower under urine! and you speak about the 21st century when you still walk naked in the bushes like barbarians???
dude, get a life! go shower under urine lol

You know mr. Stonehead, you should believe the fact that, you touched poop with hand and assumed that you washed it but still mountains of it including germs left hiding under the finger nails. And your arabs women don’t wear no underwear, which show that they are nothing but straight up whores.

Arabs are idiots and stupid, how can they stop a country where water originate from not to make a good use of its water that God has given them? Go ahead Ethiopia with the construction, even if it means 3rd world war, we shall go to war in your defense. How can your water be enjoyed by 90% in Egypt and Sudan while watching?

Based on 1929 UN agreement for the blue Nile, while nile and river nile waters; moreover based on the bottom basic human needs of the pyramid by MASLAW which were/are approved by UN; I don’t believe that there will be any threat for Egypt and Sudan.
Egypt has all the rights to bomb our beloved SUDAN if we try to stop the approved amount of water which was approved for them. I am not with Egypt

Iam an African and even EGYPT is the one of the greatest African countries. As I said before Ethiopia what ever they do. They willnot and cannot stop or reduce the amount of water to Sudan and Egypt. What about the ICJ???

Northern Sudan,
Did I read you saying, "the threat to our waters bla bla..."? Which water do you mean you bushti? Sudan does not have any water when it comes to the Nile water. It is all Ethiopian and the other upper reparian countries’.

henok
listen up whore, get your tools and clean my house. yo mama did the yard on the back yesterday, we give her 200 pounds per month to do the job! thats what you whores are so good at, exporting slaves :D
yes the water comes from ethiopia, but that doesn’t make it your water. touch the nile and we will cut the head of your leader, don’t forget what we did to your emperor yohannes in 1890!

loooooool its funny how you insects speak about dams when you can’t afford them!
this issue is between 3 countries, if they want war then we finish them in a month!
our arab brothers will support us militarily and economically, and i don’t think an army like ethiopia’s ould handle f 16’s, mig 29’s , abramns , T 85’s , missiles ect.....

Brother please you are killing us with your humor.
Recently the Israeli Air force fly straight to Khartoum and Bombed some of your factory and left while your Air force was sleeping. In 2008 the Darfoure rebel groups march straight to Khartoum while your Army, Air force, Police force and every other security apparatus was eating Fool and Falafel or sleeping.

Ethiopian whore
That was an ’’Israeli’’ strike with the support from USA! if Israel strike that arms factory,they turned down the radars and did all kind of stuff make the strike as secret as possible, ethiopia got none of those weapons!
rebels are a small group of men that came secretly through the desert, they didn’t even reach the capital they were in Omdurman, it took 2 hours to finish them!

for sudanease arabs as they say djibouty is enough not the grate nation and u know about the dam today when the saudi bull talk about it or what u r farting go war and u know what will come and u r watching the dam construction because u canot do anything shit asshole arab-black arab sorry not african

for sudanease arabs as they say djibouty is enough not the grate nation and u know about the dam today when the saudi bull talk about it or what u r farting go war and u know what will come and u r watching the dam construction because u canot do anything shit asshole arab-black arab sorry not african

Let this Jar Head puke. He didn’t get it that it is 2013 and
each Nile basin countries have the full right to use their resources within its territory.
Saudi Arabia is investing millions of dollars in Sudan’s irrigation scheme to secure and import its future food security needs. This idiot is coming here and plant hate.
The best thing for the basin countries is to harmoniously use it & cooperat

GUYS, NOW IT MAKES SENSE WHY THE IRANIAN MILITARY SHIPS DOC I SUDAN, AS WELL AS THE JOIN MILITARY EXERCISES BY SUDANESE AND SOUDI ARABIANS MEAN. KEEP AN EYE WITH THIS MOVES PEOPLE. MUSLEM COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO START SOMETHING!!!! look out!!!

Ethiopia has right to build her own dam since 85 percent of water flow from Ethiopia Highland. and let see who will oppose the seven African countries who are agianst the so call british right given to egypt by then in 1929 agreement which is now obsolete

This is the sort of blind Africanism that divided Africa and supported the colonization and it may prepares for new recolonization.
Ethiopia in not the AU nor the UN. We all must COMPLY WITH rules and regulations but not look beneath us and forget our Africanism.

Correction..South Sudan is posing real threats to Sudan & Egypt and not Ethiopia because the south is plotting the evil against Sudan (and later Egypt) everyday & night!Renaissance dam project is on hold now looking for finance after the World Bank freezes its plan to finance it!

oh look who is back from the dead. i buried you last week... you can’t manage Ethiopia with that fuul that you have been eating. yes we are a greater threat and we will have plenty of sex with your women soon in Abyei.... enjoy SPLA-N fucking

hellonearth
really lol? as far as i remember we made 100,000 dinka whores leave abyei in a few hours! it won’t be hard to do that again!
did you enjoy your cow piss lol? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tRzM2tZFng
i thought you were killed in one of the latest airstrikes on your shithole lol , btw how is yo mama? I fired her, she used to clean my house but her smell made all my guests run!

South Sudan needs to use the Nile as well. At the moment there are settlements in Jonglei state facing very serious flooding. I propose the construction of a new Jonglei canal to take the Nile waters to the eastern parts (Akobo, etc) of that state. The old Jonglei canal project taking the Nile waters up north is dead and buried. Egypt should not rally its Arab brothers to intimidate Africans!!!

Saudi can dictate Sudan and Egypt not Ethiopia and we very well know what we are doing and hope ready to defend ourselves from such arrogant nonsense Arabs.
we look forward and work forward if they come around as Saudi depend on the Ethiopian farms to feed their residents and maybe the irrigation projects will bring more food security if they think in posetive way.

Be Yesus Christo tsim,ye zelalem Amen! The cowards Saudi Arabians are treating Ethiopians emmigrants in their country badly for the sake of being christians! Saudi Arabia is one of the terrorist countries in the world.We will our African brothers from Ethiopia from Arabs invasion
The Nuer Empire

Egypt, Sudan thinks that they can still enjoy a whupping percentage of water over expense of other nations in African like what Aglo-Egyptian agreement did, do they think are only created to survive? South Sudan and East African who recently formed their alliance can not be stopped from developing their water resources for the befit of their nations, whether Saudi or whoever like it or not

Sudan and Ethiopia enjoy the best of relations. The people of both countries are brothers & sisters and are very capable of negotiating each others concern. If this dam will be dangerous to Sudan then this issue should be discussed transparently considering both countries needs. However the real threat is S.Sudan and we need to eliminate this threat first and foremost.

Jonglei canal project will make South Sudan the richest country in rice production in Africa while Sudan and Egypt will get more water. In others words the 3 countries will play the poistive in the coming crisis.
By 2030 the world will face shortage in food as the world population will move( from 7100 to 8450 millions).

ForALL, the next Jonglei canal will not be the same old canal stopped by the war. This old canl was meant to take water from the south to the north and eventually to Egypt. The new Jonglei canal will be perpendicular to this old canal. It will take the Nile water into the arid interiors of Jonglei state and its eastern parts. South Sudan needs the Nile more than any country can determine!!

I have the full project that was prepared by French companies which based on the latest technology. Moreover USA supports to Dr Garang. Iam sure no can change the movement of this earth. You better reread the report that was written by the great Garang and comply with techonoly based on Radio WII-FM (What is in it for me).

As the saying goes "the preist morethan the pope." Why Saudi is crying while Egypt and Sudan are trying to persuade Ethiopia and other East African countries at this moment? The reason is infact different. Saudi is not happy with Ethiopian government for not allowing radical Wahibism in the country. It also deported a certain number of saudis from Ethiopia when they tried to create a jihadist cell

LET US BE ABIT LITTLE FAIR,ETHIOPIA IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF NILE WATER,HOW CAN ONE DENIES THEM THEIR RIGHT TO BUILD A DAM FOR ENERGY GENERATION? REMEMBER THAT OUR BELOVED PROPHET (PBUH) SAID YA ZUBAIR ISGI O ATROKI ALMAA L GARIC,OH ZUBAIR IRRIGATE UR LAND AND LET THE WATER FLOW TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR AFTERWARDS.

LET US BE ABIT LITTLE FAIR,ETHIOPIA IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF NILE WATER,HOW CAN ONE DENIES THEM THEIR RIGHT TO BUILD A DAM FOR ENERGY GENERATION? REMEMBER THAT OUR BELOVED PROPHET (PBUH) SAID YA ZUBAIR ISGI O ATROKI ALMAA L GARIC,OH ZUBAIR IRRIGATE UR LAND AND LET THE WATER FLOW TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR AFTERWARDS.

Has Saudi Arabia addressed all the issues to do with suicide bombing in Arab world?????? if not, then why enterfering with African home affairs??? let Arabs in Sudan and Egypt learn a lesson from Ethiopia because Ethiopia is another Isreal in Africa. The wise man who quoted it that if you find arab and snake* in the house, kill the arab first bcoz he will do u more harm then snake was right...

Ask USA and China who are the close supporters of Saudi Arabia.
You better ask China about ballistic missiles that they supplied to KSA.
You better ask Israel about the real strength of KSA.
KSA is capable to overthrow Israel and Ethiopia but facing all the difficulties with IRAN.
I do support Ethiopia to settles things with all neigbors.

Saudi Arabia was attempting to disturb Ethiopian via Extremist and fundamentalists previously though it was well defended by the government and the people.Now this Nation, Saudi, is trying to use the Nile water as gambling card.We Ethiopian have every right to defend our nation and interest and our defense force is more than enough for Egypt and Saudi Arabia if necessary for Sudan too.

Ask CIA and FBI about Saudi deputy defense minister Khalid Bin Sultan. KSA is the closet friend to USA
What USA armed KSA with never been given to African countries.
That was the main reason for Ethiopia to become BLIND follower for the former USSR just for personal deffence arms.
Africans must unite...Unity is the real super power.

zulu
in those regions its just some few rebels making noises, they get their butts wiped at one point and they run to another point. they are calming down now!
about that shithole of south sudan, by just not letting you export oil more than halve your people depend on food aid, let a lone the worst health crisis in the world!
how many times did we bomb your shithole south sudan? lol your fucked

Northern Sudanes Terrorist:Making allience with your Saudi Arabian gays will be a great loss to you mr gay.It will increase it and burst.North Sudan can’t fight Ethiopia and so does Egypt.You talking of 1890 when your Mahdist terrorists made suicide bombing in the Emperor Yohanes’ Palace and killed him.This 2005E.C/2013 with modern technologies and warfares.Wucha!!
The Nuer Empire

urine drinker
what technology have your ethio masters got lol? pre ww2 radars? lol
go learn history, those mahadist heroes freed sudan from the ottoman empire when you were still showering under urine, oh wait i forgot, you still do that lol!
we killed their emperor and chopped his head off hahahaa

Mondokouro
you son of gay call Mohammed, go back and take your ass to Meca to be fuck by Mohammed. Ethopia has a right to do what she want to do in her teritoty. since when the Saudi start care about the Muslim countries? look country like Bangladhis are suffering did the saudi help them.. No. just wait the American is about to move out of saudi then you will see it will be like pakistan or Soma

heyu useless cunt u basically need to define what Sudan is...it is a parasite country of all nations.It’s only Khartoum that makes it looks abit like a country bcoz that’s where donated money is collected. It is a shame that your country has been using the resources of South for 21 years of war and still struggling with economic problems.

why don’t you read the History of Ethiopians first? if you read it you wouldn’t give such a silly comment. It is neither juba nor Addis that will be vanish or suffer a lot but Khartoum, Soudi and Cairo.

A clear message for the saudi Official. We would like to live in Harmony with our neighbors. We are sweet for our friends but bitter for those who try to attack our national interest. You may refer history and ask Italy on the battle of Adawa. I will be the first person to respond a counter attack for such type of invaders.

Do the Arabs know that they are the most hated people on planet earth? Do the Arabs also know that because of them, many people around the world associate Islam with Arab and hate it? If I was an Arab, I would feel shame, and would like to hide in my mother womb! History tells us that the Arab monarchies are bunch of kings and emirs who are good for nothing!Takenote Saudis,Ethiopiawillbuildthedam.

DOWN DANIAL
If Arabs are hated all around the globe what about African apes?if am African I wouldn’t wish to be in my mother’s womb, I would just hang myself coz I don’t want to be slave..the hallmark of African history is slavery..If we(Africans) have dignity,we would never shake hands with any white man.they have been enslaving us for centuries.Danial don’t be racist, it

DOWN DANIAL
If Arabs are hated all around the globe what about Africans?if am African I wouldn’t wish to be in my mother’s womb, I would just hang myself coz I don’t want to be slave..the hallmark of African history is slavery..If we(Africans) have dignity,we would never shake hands with any white man.they have been enslaving us for centuries.Danial don’t be racist, it will

don’t forget that we Ethiopians were not slaves.we are the only african nation that was not colonized as we defeated italy at the battle of adwa. and also, if u go back to history, citizens of ksa used to be slaves here in Ethiopia before they got their gas and oil. prophet Mohammed was a refugee in our country too. so, we aint dare to hung ourselves coz we are proud Ethiopians.

Arabs can stop Ethiopia using Nile by bombing our dam but they should know that we can also stop them making good out the water. If we can’t use the water they also can’t use it.
If the worst of the worst comes, we can bring NUCLEAR WASTE from friendly countries and POISON THE WATER AT THE SPOT THE WATER IS LEAVING ETHIOPIAN TERRITORY.
IT IS TIME FOR IDIOT ARABS TO THINK TWICE, WE FEAR NO ARAB!!

If Egypt needs water they can buy bottled water from Ethiopia. If Saudi Arabia is so concerned about Egypt and the Sudan may be they should supply them with money so they can build desalination plants so they get water from the sea/ocean.As for Ethiopia, we will continue to build. We in the future will require money from Egypt and Sudan since they used the water for free for a long time.

Ethiopia is on the path of development. And have been working wiz our neighbours for a long time and we will continue to do so. We ve the right to use our share of the water and the same thing for others too. War can never lead to any thing good, but if it comes looking for us, believe me no one here will hesitate to give their life for their country.NO ONE!!!! But i belive diplomacy is z answer.

" There are fingers messing with water resources of Sudan and Egypt which are rooted in the mind and body of Ethiopia. They do not forsake an opportunity to harm Arabs without taking advantage of it...."
lol! I like such brainless comments!
Does he also fire aimlessly in the battle field - if he ever been to one, that is? Or may be on Play station!!! kkkkkkkkkkkk

And just to add up, dear Northern Sudanese guy, i think u r rich, or u act like 1, but for wat u make up for in ur pocket....... u lack in brain!!! don’t be full of hate and not be able to see what is fair and not.

Markos here is the truth...there are sick people every where in the world now who are driven by bad science...this general or what ever : first is talking on behalf of Egypt and Sudan! because he thinks he is Saudi and Egyptian and Saudi are his Muslim brothers...he is wrong because he did not respect humanity.
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Mulubrhan Dagnew Number two...he do not understand hydrology...th

Ethiopia is right now in the hands of its enemy ’TPLF’ from inside and surrounded by historical enemies ’Arabs’from out side.Actually its a misfortune for us ’Ethiopians’ to have heard a barrage of insults from those ignorant and stupid arabs despite our proud history that we made against all evil creatures.Our prime enemy is TPLF not Arabs if they prefer war we’ll sort them and teach them a lesso

As TPLF is an illegitmate gov which couldn’t deliver any sort of developmental projects in our country nobody would put trust on them at all.While TPLF collecting billions of dollars in aid every year for two decades in row apart from BILLIONS OF DOLLARS debt which is by far bigger than what Haileselasie and Mengistu both in unison had borrowed in the past they didnot come up with Dev’al projects

We Ethiopians are for warding without harming others,eradicating poverty and secured regional peace stability are our aim.we take our neighbors peace as our.if there is a problem b/n us We have to find a solution by ourselves.no body can add avalue by war.ones Nile interlinked us for ever so we should have to give a peaceful country for the next generation.we are concerned for bloodshed of one ma